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N. PETERS. PHOTO-LiTHOQR-APHER, WASHINGYDN. D C.

`T0 all whom it may concerne 'VDA'NIEL Becton QUINUY, ILLINOIS.

Leners Patent No.- 106,029, (lated lingua 2, 1870.

IMPRVED WASHING-MAtJHINE.

` The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of`the same.

Be it known that I,`DANInn Bnov, of Quincy, in the county of Adams andState oi' Illnois,have invented a'new and valuable Improvement inWashingi Machines; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full,clear, and exact description ot' the construction and .operation ot' thes ame, reference being had to theannexed drawing making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters andflgures of' reference markedthereon,

Figure 1 of the Adrawing is a top view of iny inve n tion. i

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.

Figure 3 is a central vertical section of the same.`

-My invention relates tocwashing-machines, and consists i a novelarrangement of devices, intended to` serve ras a valuable apparatusforthe purpose named.` p C ,i

' A. of the drawing represents a quadrangular box, arranged upon legs,in such manner that one end shall be lower` than the other, as shown,and havingQslots formed inthe top of itsside boards, to serre asbearings forthe gudgeons of the \vashing-wl1eel.

B4 represents a series of slats, attached to the frame,

,.G, which said frameis pivoted at one end tothe sides oi" the box A,while t-heotherorests against the springs,

2D, as represented onltigs. 1 and 3.

This frame C, with its slats attached, is not allowed `to rest upon thebottom ofbox A, but, by means of *its pivot pins and thevspring I), itisheld abovesaid bottom, as shown, and thereby adapted for springingdownward wheneverthe washing process shall require it, as mentionedhereafter. `I

i lhe lett-er Evrepreseuts awashing-wheel, constructed in thc manuel'shown, and having its bearings int-hc' side-boards of box A. y i l Frepresents a hinged door in' this` wheel, through which the `garmentsmay be passed in or ont at will.

i In one of the slats of this wheel I form two slots,

`in which I pivot the buttons a a', and extend arms c downward from saidslot, and pivot lthe lower ends of said-arms to the ends of the wheel,respectively;

The slat above mentioned is marked G ou the drawinof. y "tithe objectgained by the` pivoting the downward arms ot' said slat, is as follows,to wit: -Whenever it becomes necessary to give any particular garment,or `portion of a garment, an unusual'amount of rubbing, I place saidgarment or portion thereof between said pivoted Slat and the one nextadjoining, and then, by turning the buttonsa., I hold it se'rcurely inplace until I deem'it sufficiently washed by the rotating movements ofthe wheel `E,'acting upon and against the yielding frame O. One of thegudgeons of the wheel E isextended, and bent into the form of a crank.'

H represents a slotted, block, fastened to the sideboard of the box byapiu that passes through its slot at s, and by the. supporting-block u,arranged at an obtuse angle therewith, as shown. The gudgeon of 'theblock-.passes through the end of bloeklEI.-

The letter K-represents a spring, attached to the side of the box, withits upper end resting upon the head of block H.

This spring is held in place byimeans of its pivot. the block y,arranged as represented in pinl v,- and iig. 2.

The object gained by the arrangement of the block H, pin and slot s,supporting-block u, spring lo, with.

'Ihe washing-machine herein described, having box A, wheelV E, frame 0,block H with its slot s, springs K, and blocks u. and y, whenconstructedand arranged substantially asspecitied.

` In testimony that I claim the above, I'havc here- -unto subscribed myname in the presence of two witnesses.

Y DANIEL BROY.

Witnesses L. E. Emmons,

M. B. BUTZ.

